U.N.: Kim could be prosecuted for crimes against humanity A stunning catalog of torture and the widespread abuse of even the weakest reveal a portrait of a brutal state 'that does not have any paral...

A resolution is calling the referendum to secede from Ukraine invalid. The vote was 100-11, with 58 countries abstaining. Moscow formally annexed Ukraine's southern Crimea region days after the controver...

Airstrike hits UN school in Gaza as Israeli troops start redeploying 10 were killed in Gaza Sunday after a school sheltering displaced people was hit in an airstrike, as Israel signaled a possible scaling back...

UN calls for Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire as death toll tops 120 A statement approved by all 15 members calls for de-escalation of the violence, restoration of calm and a resumption of direct negotiations

Strike hits shelter in Gaza, UN official says Map of Beit Hanoun Gaza Israel A strike on a UN shelter in Gaza on Thursday has killed and injured multiple people, a United Nations spokesman said Thursday

Security Council rejects Palestinian statehood resolution The council, in a 8-2 vote voted down a Palestinian statehood resolution that set a deadline for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from territories by 2017